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YouTube - ‪The River Otter of Muscatatuck NWR II‬‏
YouTube - ‪Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge‬‏
YouTube - ‪North American river otters in Indiana in December‬‏
YouTube - ‪River Otter‬‏
YouTube - ‪River Otter 3.wmv‬‏
Here are some Indiana Bobcat Videos
YouTube - ‪Bobcat In Indiana‬‏
YouTube - ‪Huge Indiana Bobcat!‬‏
YouTube - ‪Huge Wild cat in Indiana‬‏
YouTube - ‪Southern
Indiana Bobcat‬‏
Here is another Camp Atterbury Bobcat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4YBW...layer_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbXc7...layer_embedded
A couple of years ago I have seen a family of river otters on Salamonie. That's the kind of stuff that draws me to the water. You never know what you will catch or see. :o
I've seen an otter on the Kankakee a couple of times...as for a bobcat, we had one come up our back hill to within 20 feet of the house, got to observe it through the laundry room window - I've only seen the bobcat during the short window before the sun sets.
I've also seen some "big cat" tracks in our area...supposedly, they've had several sightings here in NW part of the state of a big cat, my guess is it's a cougar come down from up north, extending its range to to overpopulation of what was once undeveloped land in Wisconsin and Michigan.
I know of two that have been shot here in Clark County in the last two years. I've heard the Army Ammunition Plant is full of them and that's where these two were shot. It's illegal to shoot them, I wouldn't want to get caught.
We have had bobcats around Crane Naval Depot for years,,and DNR has about a dozen or so around me radio collared they track. I have seen them numous times. Last month, had 3 river otters in a creek about a mile from the house, during high water flooding,,they had to come from Mascattatuck (approx 50 miles due east of my location) in my opinion as I know of no where else they released them in southern Indiana. Its great to see these kind of animals in Indiana where so few reside now in such a populated state. Hope they continue to make it.
I live by Patoka Lake a river Otter got killed down by Poor Boys few years back. My Buddy has pictures of bob cats on his property south of Birdseye. I heard they have the Otter at the visitors center.
Not sure about the otter (Could be) but there is a bobcat that was hit near Poor Boys in the HQ office.Quote:
Originally Posted by indianachinker
There are otters in the lake and I have seen them at Sugar Ridge too.
When I lived in Indiana, I used to hunt in southern Indiana. I have hunted the Indiana Army Ammunition Plant in Clark County along the Ohio River before many times.
That place is full of Turkeys right now, and a good number of Deer.
Big Oaks NWR has a good number of Bobcats. The staff set up trail cameras at Big Oaks, and they got several good pictures of Bobcats.
They got a cool picture of a Bobcat and a Coyote feeding at the same time on a dead deer. That was really cool to see. The Big Oaks NWR staff sent that to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by redearhoosier
Down here in Kentucky we have a very healthy population of Bobcats, and Otters.
You can hunt both species in Kentucky and in Tennessee.
The Kentucky/ Barkley Lakes area has a good Bobcat population.
I think one day Indiana will have enough Bobcats to allow a Bobcat hunting season.
I wish the otters would spread out a little more. I spend alot of time in and around the Muscatatuck and they are thick as thieves in some areas. Two winters ago we were hunting ducks on the river when a group of six otters came down stream. As they neared our decoys, they started to form a circle around one of them, hissing all the while. We were just checkin it out when all of the sudden another otter came from underneath and slammed the decoy! It really was something to see!
I know guys that run lines, and they will tell you that an otter will flat out rob your lines....either of the bait or the fish. It's easy to see why our ancestors did hunt them to near extinction in Indiana, they were competing for food. It is very nice to see them and enjoy them, but just like most furbearers, there will come a time when they may have to be "controlled" as well.
I’m up to my butt in bobcats. One day this last spring,,I had a female gone down my drive way with 2 kits,,,then couple hours later another female with 3 kits followed by a large male. Later that afternoon on the way to get groceries..had to stop on a bridge over Indian Creek a mile from the house cause 2 kittens were sitting in the middle of the road sunning themselves with the large female off to the side of the road as their den was under the bridge...all in one day. I have them about every nite in the yard hunting and picking off the rabbits. We need to cull them out.